Tag Archives: Coronavirus

A new, fast, and accurate test that detects both COVID-19 and seasonal flu is being used by UC Davis Health. UC Davis Health is the first healthcare provider in Sacramento to use the rapid test. The test has an accuracy rate of almost 100% and can give results within 20 …

New research shows why certain Covid-19 patients are dying. A “breakthrough finding” details why some patients with Coronavirus are becoming sicker than other patients and dying. The research reveals that Covid-19 patients with life-threatening-illness have antibodies that disable key immune system proteins called interferons, NBC News reports. Dr. Megan Ranney, …

California has issued a travel advisory as people plan to visit family during the upcoming holiday season. Medical officials have already predicted that November will bring a high number of Coronavirus cases as colder temperatures start to appear. California is one of the states that are currently in a danger …

All restaurants, bars, and gyms in New York will have to shut down at 10 p.m. nightly. Restaurants can still offer takeout and delivery without alcohol after 10 p.m. The new restrictions come as New York faces a second wave of COVID-19. “Any establishment with a state liquor license, including bars …

Over 130  traveling Secret Service officers have tested positive for coronavirus. The spread of the infection throughout the White House staffing has lead to the call on a isolation quarantine. To Trump supporters his anti-mask policy is the law. The consequence of Trump’s failed 2020 Presidential election rallies has now …

As the coronavirus rates of infection continue to spike in New York City, Mayor Bill De Blasio warns parents that they should be ready for schools to close as early as Monday morning. On WNYC, the mayor called into the Brian Lehrer Show to take calls from local listeners, and …

The first Caribbean cruise to launch after the no-sail order was lifted has already seen several cases of COVID-19 on board just days after departing Barbados. On Wednesday afternoon, the captain of the SeaDream Yacht Club’s SeaDream 1 announced that one passenger on board the ship had tested positive. By …

November is set to be the worst month of the Covid-19 pandemics amid a rising number of cases. As if the last roughly nine months has been easy, officials say November will be our hardest as a nation. As of Wednesday, there are 143,231 new cases and 2,005  in the …

Hospitals around the country are running out of beds and staff as the number of Coronavirus patients rises. The struggle to care for the numerous Covid-19 patients and those who have died from the virus affects states around the country. In El Paso, Texas, medical officials have turned a convention …

Pfizer scored big when they discovered that the vaccine they created is 90% effective. According to  STATNews, there are 43,538 participants in the coronavirus trial study. Volunteers are speaking out about the side effects of the vaccine. Glenn Deshields, a volunteer in Austin, Texas, showed antibodies in his system after …

Just when things were getting back on track, The Real Housewives of Atlanta has decided to postpone filming after someone from the production team tested positive for the coronavirus. “The set follows rigorous COVID-19 safety protocols including contract tracing,” a source close to production tells PEOPLE. “Out of an abundance …

Coronavirus deaths continue to rise throughout the nation. 14 people have died from Coronavirus in El Paso, Texas, in one day, officials say. Now, county leaders are deciding whether to extend a contested stay-at-home order. According to a national health tally, 696 El Paso residents have died from Coronavirus. Officials …

Donald Trump’s evangelical advisor Bishop Harry Jackson Jr. and senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland has died Monday at the age of 66. After his death, the church released a statement saying, “It is with a heavy heart that we notify you that our beloved Bishop Harry …

Sources have confirmed that an outside adviser heading up President Donald Trump’s legal challenges to the election is the latest to test positive for coronavirus in his circle. Testing positive on Sunday, David Bossie, 55, joins White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, who have tested …

On Monday, a spokesman told CNBC that Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson has tested positive for coronavirus. Dr. Carson, 69, tested positive less than a week after it was announced that President Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, tested positive for the virus. Bloomberg first reported Meadows’ diagnosis on Friday. On the …